Information for Students
In principle, I am happy to act as an advisor for BA or MA/MEd theses. Before reaching out, please
- make sure that your proposed topic falls within the realm of British Studies and ideally corresponds to my research interests;
- write a proposal of ca. 300 words explaining what you would like to work on. Please include your selected literary texts, relevant theory, a preliminary research question, and evidence of initial research (i.e. a short list of relevant secondary literature and theory).
This is to provide a basis for us to find out whether I would be a helpful advisor and a starting point for your development of your thesis.
Research Interests
- 18th- and 19th-Century British Literature
- Law and Literature
- Intertextuality and Intermediality
- Gender and Queer Theory
Curriculum Vitae
since Oct 2023: Research assistant to the Chair of British Studies, Englisches Seminar, University of Münster
2020-2023: Research assistant at the CRC 1385, University of Münster
2022: Visiting Researcher, Faculty of English, University of Oxford
2017-2019: Master of Arts in in British, American and Postcolonial Studies, University of Münster (supported through a ProTalent scholarship)
2018: Visiting Student, Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford (funded by a PROMOS Partial Stipend of the DAAD)
2014-2017: Bachelor's Degree Programme in English/American Studies and Communicational Sciences, Dual-Subject Bachelor, University of Münster
2012-2014: Bachelor's Degree Programme in English/American Studies and Biology, Teacher Training Programme, University of Münster
Publications
Editorship
Feminist Perspectives on Law and Literature. Berlin: de Gruyter 2023 (under contract, with Hanna Luise Kroll, Laura Wittmann and Laura Zander).
Papers
"'Art is Seeing Things': Ekphrastic Education in Ali Smith's Seasonal Quartet." In: English Studies 103.2 (2022): 317-337.
"Die Anfänge (1956 – 1977): Münster hat nun auch ein Zimmertheater." In: Meinhard Zanger and Tanja Weidner (eds.): Alles verspielt. Das Wolfgang Borchert Theater. Münster: Coppenrath 2018. 9-27 (with Frank Reinker).
Talks
- "(Re)Covering Rebecca: A Reception and Marketing History in Book Covers." Reimagining Rebecca: A Symposium on Du Maurier's Novel and its Legacy, University of Sussex, 27.05.2022.
- "The Poet as Lawgiver in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century British Culture." Workshop British Literature as Equity in the Long 19th Century (and Beyond), University of Münster, 26.04.2022.
- "Detransition, Baby. A Limit Case for Law and Literature?" Workshop of the Dynamic Cluster Feministische Perspektiven auf "Recht und Literatur" with Laura Borchert and Greta Olson 11.02.2022, University of Münster and Zoom.
- "'Arty Art': Ekphrasis in Ali Smith’s Autumn." Lecture Hot Spots in Literary/Cultural Studies and Linguistics, University of Münster, 17.12.2019.
- "'Universally Acknowledged': Transmedia Storytelling in The Lizzie Bennet Diaries." Connect the Dots: Student Conference Bayreuth, Bayreuth University, 11.01.2014.
Teaching
Teaching
- Seminar: Queer Reading, Queer Writing [098760]
[ | wöchentlich | Do | ES 131 | Laura Schmitz-Justen] - Theory and Literature (Group IV) - Shakespeare and Theory [098768][ - | ES 131 | Laura Schmitz-Justen]
[ - | ES 130 | Laura Schmitz-Justen]
[ - | ES 130 | Laura Schmitz-Justen]
[ - | ES 130 | Laura Schmitz-Justen]
[ - | ES 130 | Laura Schmitz-Justen]
- Seminar: Disability in Literature [096764]
- Grundkurs: Introduction to Literary and Cultural Studies II (Group IV) [096718]
- Seminar: Queer Reading, Queer Writing [098760]